I can't burn a CD in iTunes for Windows on my iPod

Find out what to do if you can't burn an audio CD using iTunes for Windows.

Sometimes an audio disc may not burn as expected. Here are some things to check.

Update iTunes

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Songs not authorized

iTunes will stop burning a disc if one or more of the songs in a playlist were purchased from the iTunes Store but are not authorized to play on this computer. This message appears:

"One or more of the songs in this playlist are not authorized for use on this machine. Authorizing this machine to play these songs will allow them to be burned".

To find out which songs are not authorized, play each song in the playlist. Songs that play are authorized. Songs that don't play are not. You'll be prompted to authorize any unauthorized songs.

Too many songs in the playlist

If there are too many songs in a playlist to fit on a single CD, iTunes asks if you want to burn multiple discs or cancel the burn. This message appears:

"The songs in this playlist will not fit on one Audio CD. Do you want to create multiple Audio CDs with this playlist split across them? This will require more than one blank CD to complete".

If you click the Audio CDs button, the burn will continue and you will be prompted to insert blank CDs until the playlist is completely burned. If you click cancel, the burn will be canceled. To make the playlist shorter so that it will fit on a single CD, select a song to remove from the playlist and from the Edit menu, choose Clear. Repeat this step until the duration of the playlist is between 60 and 80 minutes. The duration appears at the bottom of the iTunes window. Most CD-R discs can hold 60 to 80 minutes of music.

Playlists with purchased music limited to seven burns

An unchanged playlist that contains songs purchased from the iTunes Store can be burned no more than seven times

Additional steps and submitting feedback

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Source: Apple

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